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Ciscovs.Pure Storage

CSCO vs PSTG · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.

Cisco is about 21× larger than Pure Storage by market cap; Cisco trades at the lower P/E (40.0 vs 119.1); year to date, Cisco leads (+57.5% vs +16.0%).

Side by side

CSCOPSTG
Market cap$478B$22.4B
Price$121.31$77.73
Today+2.5%+6.9%
Return YTD+57.5%+16.0%
Return 1Y+76.4%+36.5%
P/E40.0119.1
P/S7.96.1
P/B9.815.5

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

CiscoCSCO

NASDAQ · USA

The world's largest networking company — broad portfolio of switches, routers and security with a growing AI order book among hyperscalers.

NetworkingCybersecurity exposure
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Pure StoragePSTG

NYSE · USA

All-flash data storage platforms and storage-as-a-service for modern data centers.

All-flash storage
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